Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 27, 2021

FinalSaturday, Feb 27, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	1	2	0	3		PHI	11	15	13	39
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	6	8	9	23

: PHI 59BUF 44
: PHI 3.73BUF 3.06
PP goals: PHI 0BUF 0
Hits: PHI 12BUF 13
Blocks: PHI 7BUF 12
PIM: PHI 6BUF 6
: PHI 62%BUF 38%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0 at BUF. Sean Couturier (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF scored 0 goals on 3.06 expected goals (44 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:31.Couturier
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 3.06 expected goals (44 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Lazar–Reinhart–Olofsson skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lazar Reinhart Olofsson
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +13 against a season average of 26.2; the loss.Hutton
New line
New look for BUF: Sheahan–Skinner–Mittelstadt skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheahan Skinner Mittelstadt
New line
New look for PHI: Voracek–Laughton–Lindblom skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Voracek Laughton Lindblom
Cats
Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Ristolainen

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 44 · PHI 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 35% of the game, BUF 20%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	BUF
	56	48
	3.54	3.15
	3.35	3.06
	18	11
	6	4
	11	13
	+0.101	−0.101
	35%	20%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Hayes – Patrick
11:0839% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
10:0264% CF
L3Voracek – Laughton – Lindblom
8:5164% CF
L4Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman
7:2071% CF
D1Braun – Sanheim
17:3565% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Provorov
15:2550% CF
D3Gustafsson – Hagg
10:2750% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Couturier – Provorov – Farabee
2:39100% CF
PP2Giroux – Voracek – Gostisbehere – Gustafsson – Patrick
2:30100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
1:31
PK2FLaughton – Lindblom
1:30
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:35
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
1:19

Current PHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
9:2461% CF
L2Lazar – Reinhart – Olofsson
8:0456% CF
L3Staal – Hall – Cozens
7:4645% CF
L4Sheahan – Skinner – Mittelstadt
7:0538% CF
D1Montour – Jokiharju
15:3344% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
11:4044% CF
D3Ristolainen – Bryson
11:3544% CF

PP1Staal – Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Dahlin
2:54100% CF
PP2Skinner – Miller – Ristolainen – Mittelstadt – Cozens
1:29
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
3:00
PK2FEakin – Rieder
2:11
PK1DMontour – Bryson
2:22
PK2DRistolainen – Jokiharju
1:14

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:22
PHISean Couturier (Travis Sanheim)wrist0.09 xG
PHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Sanheim, FarabeeBUF: Staal, Hall, Montour, Jokiharju, Cozens
PHI 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

14:33
PHIShayne Gostisbehere (James van Riemsdyk, Sean Couturier)wrist0.11 xG
PHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere, ProvorovBUF: Skinner, Hall, Miller, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
PHI 2 – 0 BUF
18:54
PHIScott Laughton (Oskar Lindblom, Jakub Voracek)backhand0.16 xG
PHI: Braun, Voracek, Laughton, Sanheim, LindblomBUF: Okposo, Eakin, Rieder, Ristolainen, Bryson
PHI 3 – 0 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.37	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	41	30
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	36	28
Nolan Patrick C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	38	28
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	0	0	2	17:21	—	—	58	63
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	0	0	2	16:37	—	—	67	86
Sean Couturier C	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.68	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	74	89
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	0	2	0	16:17	—	—	46	51
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	3	0	0	14:19	—	—	57	60
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	73	74
Connor Bunnaman C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	11:52	—	—	55	57
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	11:23	—	—	52	61
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	3	0	0	10:03	—	—	69	79
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.07	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	66	65
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:20	—	—	64	68
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	2	0	24:57	—	—	55	57
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.72	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	44	40
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	14:49	—	—	48	43
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	44	47

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	3.06	59:57

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	-1	3	0.54	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	60	60
Kyle Okposo R	L1	-1	3	0.34	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	63	65
Tobias Rieder L	L1	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	13:14	—	—	60	61
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	2	0.26	0	0	2	17:56	—	—	26	20
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0.22	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	45	30
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	1	0.11	2	2	0	15:17	—	—	50	37
Taylor Hall L	L3	-2	2	0.19	0	1	0	16:55	—	—	33	41
Eric Staal C	L3	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	32	41
Dylan Cozens C	L3	-1	0	0.27	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	47	47
Jeff Skinner L	L4	-1	0	0.04	0	1	2	14:03	—	—	44	46
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	-1	1	0.38	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	44	46
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	33	41
Brandon Montour D	D1	-1	3	0.09	2	2	0	21:44	—	—	49	51
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:00	—	—	44	49
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	-1	2	0.20	1	1	0	20:18	—	—	44	44
Colin Miller D	D2	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	17:27	—	—	46	59
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	-1	1	0.02	6	0	0	22:18	—	—	48	37
Jacob Bryson D	D3	-1	3	0.18	0	2	2	17:48	—	—	46	46

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	39	36	3	.923	3.73	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.